Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management [electronic resource].
Canton, Rob.
Hancock, David.
Hoboken : Taylor and Francis,
2013.
Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized. Probation officers are typically described now as offender managers, and the creation of NOMS (National Offender Management Service) has broadened the remit of the Probation Service. As well as bringing an increased emphasis on skills and qualifications it has also introduced a new set of ideas and concepts into the established probation lexicon - including institutional, legal, political and theoretical terms of its own as well as importing concepts from the disciplines of sociology, criminol
Description based upon print version of record.
Prelims; Contents; List of Entries; List of contributors; About this book; Acknowledgements; Introduction and overview; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; References; Index
Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized. Probation officers are typically described now as offender managers, and the creation of NOMS (National Offender Management Service) has broadened the remit of the Probation Service. As well as bringing an increased emphasis on skills and qualifications it has also introduced a new set of ideas and concepts into the established probation lexicon - including institutional, legal, political and theoretical terms of its own as well as importing concepts from the disciplines of sociology, criminol
Probation -- Great Britain -- Dictionaries.
Probation
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences